Professional Staff

Shari Dunn, Managing Principal of CompAnalysis, leads a staff of talented consultants, researchers, and administrative professionals, who are well-versed in the areas of consulting and human resources.  CompAnalysis is qualified to address compensation strategies and implementation, performance management, salary management, labor market research, organizational design, benefits analysis, and other general human resources services.

Shari K. Dunn
Managing Principal

Prior to establishing CompAnalysis in 1980, Ms. Dunn held management and professional positions with McKinsey & Co., Deloitte & Touche, and several other corporations, including Bank of America and Boise Cascade Corporation.

Ms. Dunn has a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. She maintains active memberships in the Bay Area Compensation Association, World at Work (previously the American Compensation Association) and the Women Presidents Organization. She is the former President of the 5,000 + member Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA), the nations' largest chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and serves on the California Alumni Association Personnel Advisory Committee.

Previously, Ms. Dunn was active on the Board of Directors of Easter Seals of the Bay Area, and has served as a Director of the Haas Alumni Network of the School of Business at University of California, Berkeley where she continues to appear as a guest lecturer.

In addition to her management and consulting activities, Ms. Dunn is a well-known speaker and regularly leads seminars and workshops on employee compensation and related matters for a variety of audiences. She also serves as an expert witness in connection with wage and hour litigation and other compensation matters.

 

Lisa Norris
Senior Consultant

Ms. Norris comes to CompAnalysis with a strong background in financial and human resource management.  Ms. Norris has served as a senior human resources executive in a variety of industries, including higher education, publishing, and oil and gas exploration.

Ms. Norris began her career in finance and accounting, eventually becoming the V.P. of Finance for the California School of Professional Psychology.  As a result of the growth of that organization, she became interested in organizational development, and the strategies needed to build organizations from small to mid-size.  Subsequently, she combined her senior management background with her interest in human resources, and has since spearheaded many initiatives that have led to superior financial and operating results. 

Ms. Norris has worked at several companies developing human resources best practices, including supervisor training, process management, compensation plans, and management coaching.  At CompAnalysis, she manages both compensation and general HR projects for clients both large and small. 

Ms. Norris has an undergraduate degree in French Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and an MBA in Management from Golden Gate University. 

 

Rita Haronian
Consultant

Ms. Haronian has been involved in human resources issues since 1983, when she worked with the cofounder of The Management Center in San Francisco, to analyze one of the first Wage and Benefits Surveys for the local nonprofit community.

Ms. Haronian is the lead consultant on the development of CompAnalysis’ annual Greater San Francisco Bay Area Compensation Survey, the only local survey that reports by micro-market within the Bay Area. 

Prior to joining CompAnalysis, Ms. Haronian helped create a number of database applications to produce the annual Northern California survey; she also designed customized applications that were licensed to organizations across the country.  She brings 20 years of database application experience to CompAnalysis. 

Ms. Haronian served as Project Manager for The Management Center’s Wage and Benefit Survey of Northern California Nonprofit Organizations from 2001 to 2003.  Her other consulting work focuses on customized compensation and benefit surveys, as well as employee handbooks for nonprofit organizations.

Ms. Haronian is a graduate of Oberlin College with degrees in Music and Mathematics, and was elected to the Oberlin chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

 

Jeanifer Parsigian
Associate Consultant

Ms. Parsigian graduated from University of Michigan, earning a B.A. with great distinction in Economics. During her junior year at Michigan, she studied art history and Italian language in Florence, Italy and spent the summer studying economic globalization at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining CompAnalysis, Ms. Parsigian was a legal intern at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she assisted attorneys in civil rights class action suits.

Her responsibilities at CompAnalysis include project research and analysis, report writing, application and use of labor market research statistical data, and interaction with clients concerning internal job comparisons and related matters.

She is a member of the Northern California Human Resources Association and the Bay Area Compensation Association.

 

Robert Barter
Research Associate

Mr. Barter graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Political Science.  Prior to joining the CompAnalysis team, Mr. Barter was a quality control and manufacturing intern for Simpson Strong-Tie, an international construction business headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. 

Mr. Barter’s responsibilities at CompAnalysis include project research and analysis, report writing, application and use of labor market research statistical data, and interaction with clients concerning job comparisons and related matters.

He is a member of the Northern California Human Resources Association and the Bay Area Compensation Association

 

Ted Nyman
Research Associate

Mr. Nyman graduated from Cornell University, earning a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations. His particular academic focus was in organizational psychology and human resource management. Mr. Nyman was also a staff writer and senior editor at the Cornell Daily Sun.

Mr. Nyman’s responsibilities at CompAnalysis include project research and analysis, report writing, application and use of labor market research statistical data, and interaction with clients concerning job comparisons and related matters.

He is a member of the Northern California Human Resources Association and the Bay Area Compensation Association.

 

Sarah Johnson
Marketing Associate

Ms. Johnson’s responsibilities at CompAnalysis include Web site content development and optimization; general editorial review of company written materials; brochure and collateral development; advertising; writing press releases and newsletters; meeting and event planning.

A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, she began her career at Bailey, Klepinger Advertising, a full-service marketing and communications agency.  From there she joined e-agency, the largest Web 2.0 agency in the Bay Area, where she honed both her graphic and marketing skills while assisting the CEO, account and production teams on a variety of projects.